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The Eagles of Heart Mountain : a true story of football, incarceration, and resistance in World War II America / Bradford Pearson.
Van Pelt Library D769.8.A6 P43 2021
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection D769.8.A6 P43 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pearson, Bradford, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
- Japanese Americans.
- Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.).
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Wyoming.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Football teams--Wyoming--History.
- Football teams.
- High school athletes--Wyoming--History.
- High school athletes.
- Football.
- Sports.
- History.
- Wyoming.
- Physical Description:
- x, 388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Other Title:
- True story of football, incarceration, and resistance in World War two America
- True story of football, incarceration, and resistance in World War 2 America
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Atria Books, 2021.
- Summary:
- A painstakingly researched account details the tragic and triumphant story of the Eagles, a high school football team from Cody, Wyoming's World War II Japanese-American incarceration camp.
- Contents:
- Part 1
- Chapter 1 City of Good Neighbors p. 3
- Chapter 2 Twinkletoes p. 10
- Chapter 3 Furusato p. 23
- Chapter 4 How to Make It in America p. 37
- Chapter 5 9066 p. 75
- Part 2
- Chapter 6 A Question of Blood p. 103
- Chapter 7 Japanita p. 117
- Chapter 8 58 Minutes p. 141
- Chapter 9 Kannon-sama Is Crying p. 155
- Chapter 10 "Trapped Like Rats in a Wired Cage" p. 163
- Chapter 11 Everything Is Going Along Fine p. 171
- Chapter 12 A Determined Effort to See the Job Through p. 184
- Part 3
- Chapter 13 13 Days p. 199
- Chapter 14 Warriors p. 205
- Chapter 15 Coyotes p. 212
- Chapter 16 Bulldogs p. 218
- Chapter 17 4-F p. 228
- Chapter 18 Letter from Laramie County Jail p. 236
- Chapter 19 Boys of Summer p. 249
- Chapter 20 Chasing Perfection p. 256
- Chapter 21 November 4, 1944 p. 272
- Chapter 22 Going About Like Eagles p. 279.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-373) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copies: Burt fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781982107031
- 1982107030
- OCLC:
- 1228117080
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